VOL. IV. REVELSTOKE, B. C, JANUARY 21, 1893. No. 32. NOTICE Is hereby givou, that application will bo made to lho Parliament of Canada, at the next session thereof, for an Act to incorporate a Company to construct, equip, maintain and operate n lino of railway in tho Province of British Oolumbia from a point at or noar Nakusp, on Upper Arrow Lake, Kootonay District, to thu forks of Carpenter Creek, with power to extend to Bear Lako nud lo Cody Creek, GEMMILL k MAY, Solicitors for lhc Applicants. Ottawa, December 28th, 1892, WANTED. AGENTS to sell our choice aud hardy Nursery Stock. Wo have many new special varieties, both in fruits and ornamentals, to offer, which arc controlled only by US, Wc pay commission or salary. Write us at once for terms, and securo choice of territory.��� Mai Buotiiers, Nurserymen, Roohester, X.Y. CENTRAL HOTEL. ABRAHAMSON BROS,, Prop's. Charmingly situated on the bank of the river, on the principal street, close to the post-oflice and Government buildings, aud nearest to tbe Steamboat Wharf. First-class Table, good Beds, Telephone. TIRE-PROOF SAFE. 'BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. Fresh Milk. I am now prepared to supply Families aud Hotels with Milk at lowest prices. PARTIES DESIRING First Class DAIRY COWS will do woll to address F. FHASER, Box 217, Revelstoke, B.C 0. & H. LEWIS, BIuRS AND CORFiXTlONEM. SUPPERS and BALLS Catered for. WEDDING CAKES A SPECIALTY. REVELSTOKE, B.C. THE MADDEN HOUSE, HUGH MADDEN, Prop'r. Beautifully situated on tlio Lake shore at the entrance to the best and shortest road to the Slooan mines and New Denver. The best fishing and hunting iu the dislrict, with grand boating and sketching facilities for tourists and artists. The Dau is supplied with the Best brands of wines,liquors and cigars. Tho accommodations of the Hotel are of the best. REVELSTOKE TIME TABLE, Atlantic Express, arrives II).Ill daily, Paoifio " " 16.52 "' Cheapest, most reliable and safe route to Montreal, Toronto, St. Paul, Chicago, New York and Boston. Rates $8 to ��10 lower than any other othcr route, Specially lilted Colonist Cars, in charge of a Porter, for the aooommodation of Passengers holding second class tickets. Passengers booked to and from all European points al Lowest Hates, Low Freight Hates. Quick despatch, Merchants will save money bv having their freight routed via beC.P, li. Full and rolinblo information given by applying to 1). 13, I'dJiiW X, Asst, GuuT Kroighi Ag't, \ 'iioouver, or to I, I'. UREWSTEH, Ag'l C I1. li, Depot, Revekoko, i .-��� ..-��� ., Illpitns Tnbtiles ouro had breath, Ripans Tabules euro billuusilOSS. A. H. HOLDICH, Assayer and Analytical Chemist. B E V E la S T O K i:, B.C Nearly seven years assayer at Morfa Works, Swansea, and for over seventeen years ohief analyst to Wigan Coal k Iron Co,, Wigan. Assays aud analyses of every description undertaken on the most reasonable terms, Special experience in coal, coke, iron, ferro - manganese, steel, silver, oopper, lead and nine. HULL BROS. REVELSTOKE. B U T C II E K S AM) WHOLESALE AM) RETAIL DEALEBS IN' BEEF, PORK, Etc. Stockholm House JOHN STONE, Pkop. The Dining-room is furnished with the best the market affords, The bar is supplied with a choice stook of wines, honors aud cigars, THE COLUMBIA IIOUSK, REVELSTOKE BC. The largest and most central Hotel iu the city ; good accommodation ; everything new ; table well supplied ; bar and billiard room attached ; tire proof safe, BROWN k CLARK, Proprietors, FREE 'BUS AT ALL TRAINS fi. P. R, HOTEL REVELSTOKE. F, McCarthy - - - Pnop. First-class Temperance House. Board and Lodgino ��5 Pun Week. meals, 25c, Wilis 25c, This hotel is situated convenient to tbo station, is comfortably furnished, and affords first class accommodation. BOOTMAKER, MAIN STREET, REVELSTOKE. Soots & Shoes made to order. Haunkss Leather Kept in* Stock. REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Royal Mail Lines. CHEAPEST k QUICKEST ROUTE TO TIIE OLD COUNTRY. Proposed Sailings from Halifax. SARDINIAN ..Allan Line... Dec. 10 NUMIDIAN " ... Dlo. 21 PARISIAN " ... Jan. 7 LABRADOR.Dominion Line., Dec 3 VANCOUVER " ... Dec. 17 SARNI.V " ... Dec, ill From New York. TEUTONIC... White Star ... Nov. 30 BRITANNIC " ... Dec. 7 .MAJESTIC " ... Dee. 14 Cabin 840, 815, SBO, 800, 870, SS0 upwards, Intermediate, 825; steerage, 8"20i Passengers ticketed through io all points in Great Britain nnd Ireland, and nt specially low rates lo all parts of the European oontinont, Prepaid passages arranged from all points. Apply to nearest steamship or railway agent ; to I. T. Brewster, Agent, Revelstoke j or to Robert Kerr, General Passengor Agent, Winnipeg. CAU TIO N. EACH PLUG OF THE Myrtle Navy IS MARKED ; ou D, In Bronze Letters. NONE OTHE.R IS GENUINE. LOCAL NEWS. The ice crop on the river is expected to be a good one, and cutting will soon commence. Mr. ami Mrs. H. D, Hume, of Salmon Arm, wero amongst tlm visitors who attended the Quadrille Club danco on Thursday evening. Tho Rev. C. Ladner will preach tomorrow in the Methodist Churoh, morning at 10.30, evening at 7.30, All are cordially invited. Tlm next dance of lhe Columbia Quad- rillcClub will take place in Peterson's Hull on Thnrsday night at nine o'lock sharp, Free 'bus leaves the stutiou at 8.30, Mr. T. Home has just reoeived from Viotoria a splendidly mounted cariboo head, with magnifloent antlers���ouo of the largest specimens ever secured. It is on view at Barber's jewelry store. Mr. Abe llatton, of North Bend, B.C., and lately of the Victoria Hotel, Revelstoke, passed through on Monday morning eu route to Cheshire, England. Ho will return in tho summer, and probably not aloue. Ou Wednesday Mr. Morgan David became the purchaser of a one-fourth interest in the " Queen Vic," a galena- gold claim situated a few miles uorlh- east of Trout Lake, in the Lardeau, and located late in the summer by Mr. Thos, Edwards. One half is owned by a gentleman residing iu Nelson. The body of Samuel Rath well, who was killed at tbe mill lust Friday, was taken home to Navau, Ont,, on Monduy iu charge of James Cnrran, a young man from the 6iime place, und who had been working at the mill. Deceased's brother Charles oamo up from Victoria Sunday morning and returned Tuesday night. Revelstoke Quadrille Club will give a masquerade ball iu Bourne's Hall on Friday, 17th March (St. Patrick's Day). It is intended to be on a grander scale than anything jet attempted in Rovelstoke, and tbe committee will commence operations at once, so as to have ample time to complete all the arrangements without beiug pushed at the last. 0M TRIA'm POri 90 DAYS. The tines', COfflpletSst and blest line of Electrical npulianeeaiQ the world Thoy haw riovet failed to cure. We are so positive of il lhat we will hack our liolicf and send you any Elecirlcal Appliance now iu tbe market and you car. iry it tor Threo Mouths; Largest iistof tesiluioninla ou earth. .Send for book and journal F'rce. IV, T. Haw & Co., Windsor, Out. Mr. Griffiths, chief engineer of the mountain seetiou of the C.P.R., was last Wednesday engaged in sounding the Columbia River for the foundations of the now railway bridge at Revelstoke. Several locutions were tried, both above and below tbe present bridge, and a report of the sumo forwarded to headquarters. We understand the uew bridge wil) be entirely of iron. Navigation between the month of the Kootenay River and Nortbport closed last Monday, and Nelson is shut off from communication with the outer world, but tho sir. Nelson is still running on Kootenay Luke between Nelson aud Kaslo. Six hundred men are working on lhc new line of railway between Nortbport and tho boundary, to connect with tho proposed Port Shepherd line. Mr. F. C. Potts, the Vancouver representative of the Winnipeg " Western World," was in town Tuesday aud Wednesday canvassing for his paper���which is by far the best illustrated journal published in the Dominion west of Toronto, aud the subscription price h only 81 a year. Mr. Potts was successful in obtaining several new subscribers, and left for Vancouver Wednesday evening. A chess and whist club was inaugurated lust Wednesday night, aud a very pleasant evening ensued. The olliccrs elected were���President, W. M. Brown; vice-president, F Eraser: seoretary, T. Cadman; committee, T, L. Haig, II. N. Conrsier, W. Cowan and P. Petersou. Season tickets, 81, may bo obtained of P. Peterson or the secretary. The club meets every Wednesday evening in the anteroom of Peterson's Hull, Bishop Sillitoe, nf Now Westminster, leaves for tlie east on February 4th on au important mission. At the request of the Dominion and Foreign MiBsion- ur\ Society of the Church of England in Canada he will give a series of lectures in tin- huge oiiies of Ontario and Quebec on the missionary work of the Church in British Colnmbin. Ilis lordship will lecture in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Gnelpli, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and other places, Ibe wholo tour occupying about seen weeks. t Plant! 'Ferry's! nml ri'iip a rich hnrvr-Rt They are uiw.iyi*. reliablo. nlwuya in ti""iiniii(,iiKvulv��tiu,in,Htt iFERRY'SSEEbAMUAL] nr I'tli:* lahc ale it.*, to every Planter. CIS ; i,mm ���/>'"., 'inn nfihnlatent farmlna Ell jforiautlonlToiiitlio'iliilieHiuiilliui'llliiii. "7 ��� Ki V"r' n Mallc.1 . l'*l J).M.rhRI'YA WINDSOR, k4^#^0nt* ' W. A. JOWETT, MIKING & REAL ESTATE BROKER, NELSON, B.C. LARDEAU AND SLOOAN PROSPECTS WANTED, Nakusi' Items. Messrs. Ernuk Bourne aud Edward Adair arrived here on Sunday from Hull's Landing on snowsbocs, tho former coming from Nakusp, He rowed up Arrow Lake in an open bout to Hull's Lauding- a distance of ���10 miles-iu ninu hours, Stopping thore for the night, lie left next day, in oompany with Mr, Adair, ami arrived at Revelstoke in ten hours��� 19 bourn' actual travelling from Na�� ku8p. This is a record. Mr. Bourne reports things vory quiet at Nakusp, but strong hopes arc entertained that the opening of navigation will bring renewed prosperity, which will be continuous und increasing, as, with tho railway run* uiug from Iievelstoke to the North East Arm, communication will be open all the year round, and Nakusp will nover nguiu be isolated on account of ieo in the rivor. The Arrow Lake is open water, even after tho recent severe frost, and Mr. Bourno hud nol the least obstruction from ice for its whole length. Moreover, Nukusp is tho natural outlet for Western Sloean, and trallic will certainly follow thu cheapest, easiest and shortest routo. Just uow Kaslo is reaping tbe benefit of the Sloean trade. But this will not last long. Kaslo was "boomed" by one man. Mr. James Wurduer recently Btaled that the Nakusp route wan the best und only route for bringing out Sloean ores, bul when ho found that the Provinoial Government tried to shnilli) out of the responsibility for making the Nakusp wagon road Mr, Wardner became so disgusted that he transferred his allegiance to Kuslo aud vowed he would kill Nukusp. To do this the more effectually lie went around amongst the tradesmen and hotel keepers and offered to sot them up in business if they would move ovor to Kaslo. Hud Ihis offer been generally accepted it would have killed Nukusp deader tliau it is to-day. But whose wus tho fault? Surely not Jim Wardner's, He was eager to get out ore, to show the world what the Slocuu could do in the way of high grade silver ore. It was, so the Nukusp people say, tho shillj shally policy displayed by the Government at the instigation of tbe uguredicud which (mis)represents it at Nelson���Napoleon Fitzstubbs, llie "Autocrat of West Kootenay "���that killed Nakusp and drove the Irallic of a rich miuing country into the United Stutes���and not to Nelson, us the "autocrat" intended. Tho ore now beiug hauled so laboriously over the mountains to Kuslo comes back to tho Columbia River again at Robson after being transhipped three times���from lhe Sloean to Kaslo on sleighs, green hides, or anything that can be riggod up ; from Kaslo to Nelsou by steamboat, where it is transferred to tbe cars and taken to the boats on the Oolumbia. What an nmountof time, labor and expeuso would be Buved by taking the ore out to the Columbia via Nakusp in the Iirst instance. Bnt since Nelson has net herself np as tho "centre" of West Kootenay everything must puss through that aspiring village. But how long will this stale of tilings last? Just until Nakusp gets ull the year-round communication with Ihe const. After that not even the Nelson wirepullers will be ablo to divert trallic from its natural route for the purpose of building up a town in an out-of the- wuy part of llio district. Common sense will assert itself, and even Jim Warduer will by and bye be found dumping bis ore ou tho wharf at despised Nakusp, 11 uu no Bros, havo been hauling in supplies to tbeir brunch store in Now Denver, and report tbe new road as being in capital condition. A quantity of ore brought irom Mr. Million's mines will be ready for sliipm.'Ut ut Nakusp by thu limo lhe boats start ruuitiug. Newspapers are usually a month old by llie time thoy reach Nakusp, tun las! received before Mr. lioiiiue left heing dated December lUih. Mr, Adair came up for his mail, nnd Iho two travellers left ou Wednesday with a considerable accumulation Ol letters and newspapers lor tbo good people of Hall's Landing, They were accompanied hy Messrs, Maiiiisell and Barcbard, who are going dowu to take up ranches on the shore of Trout Like, near V.r. Harrison's place. They also carried ii lot of mail matter aconinnlnted nt Revelstoke oust ollico for lbe inliulit- iii"i- ol Thomson's Landing and the Lardeau. Ripans Tabules; pleasant laxative, e%&Aj$tA 'render for ;i Liceuse to cut Timber on Domiuion Lnnds in tbe I'roiiuce of British Columbia. HEALED TENDERS,addressed fO to the undersigned and marked on the envelo] 'render for a Timber Berth, to be opened on the 30th January, 1808," will be received at Ibis Department until noon on Monday, the 80th instant, for licenses to cul timber on Berths 111! and 118, described as follows :��� Berth 112. Commencing on tlm Wesl side of tho Columbia lliver nt the outline of tho Forty Mile Belt and fronting on the said river, three miles North by one mile in depth, and containing an urea of three squnro miles, more or less, Berth 113, Commencing on the West side of the Columbia River at the North boundary of Berth 112, and fronting on the said rivor, three miles North by one mile in depth, and containing un area Of three square miles, more or less, in the said Proviucu of British Columbia. A separate tender must be made for each of theso berths. The regulations under which licenses will be issued may be obtained al this Department, or at lhe office of the Crown Timber Ageut at New Westminster. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque ou a chartered Bank, in favour of the Deputy of tho Miuister of the Interior,for the amount of the bonus which the uppiiciiut is prepared to pay for a license. No tender by telegraph will be entertained, JOHN R. HALL, Secretary. Department of the Interior, Ottawa, 7th January, 1803. LOCAL NEWS. The new townsite of Trout Lake City, in the heart of the Lardeau mining country, will be put ou the market early next month. Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening at 7.30, when tbe Rev. T. Patou will preach ou a snbjeot which he is intensely anxious that all in Revelstoko should hear. A cordial welcome to one and all, Sabbath School at 2.30. Prayer meeting at Mr. Patou's house ou Wednesday ut 7.30 p.m. Mr. J. W. Huskies, iu Vancouvor lust Tuesday, concluded the sule of bis interest iu several mining claims in the Lardeau district, all within ten miles ol Trout Luke, which will bc the chief centre whim the mines are opened up. There claims are the Abbott, King William, Union, Alice, Stella, Victoria, Isabella, Syduey, Melbourne and Orphan Boy. A public meeting was held in tbo Columbia House sample room on Monday nie lit to disoucs mailers ia connection with tbe lire brigade, Chief W. M. Brown in tho ohair. Rules were drawn up ami approve! by the meeling, which did not conclude lill eleven o'clock. It was decided that the practice of tha brigade should take place ou Friday evenings. Thc Revelstoke Quadrille Club's fortnightly dunce, which took placo in Bourne's Hull on Thursday evening, was a most brilliant affair, lbe number attending being hugely in excess of nny preceding event in thu history of the club. Dancing wus kept up with great spirit lill about 1 a.m. The large hull easily accommodated the five or six sets in the quadrilles. Prom a private letter to a citi/.cn of this lown we gather the inforniu- ti<.ii that only 10 lives were Iobi in the recent colliery expb sion at Wigan. England, uud not 200, as nt first repotted. The accident was caused by a lire it: tbe engins'bou o down the pit. wuiob occurred in oonsequeiioo oi gross neglect ol rules and instruction:, by thu engine nmn temporarily iu charge, The Saturtluy Blade Is the greatest newspaper wonder of the ng.. It in four yeurs old und hits a circulation ol over u qnarter million copies u week. The latest sensations and the most murvellovs events are written np in the best style uml fnlh illustrated. Subscriptions received iit ��2 | er year, .--l for nx months or 60 cents for Ihteo months. Special inducements lo dull-.. Semi lor free Bpecimon c ipies, Buys evi ry where are making big money selling the l'l.AlU' on the streets. Write for particulars, Address the publisher, W, D. Boyoo, 118, 115 aud 117 Fifth Avenue, Chicago. Ripans Tubuli -: ono gives relief, Ilipaus Tabid s: for livor troubles liipans Tabuies: lor had tempor. Ripans Tabulos cure con*jtipnli0Ua ..urriuuj . rii.nr n a.uni.ui . u-.ri aiming Kupncloui Tobacco I'lnuten. "1 can assure you that the former slaves of tho South were in Paradise whoa compared wiih ihe Bornoo slave of toaday." Thespcaker was Mr. Challinos, ol tho Ceylon Tea Company who has just landed, after having lived twenty years in Indian Archipelago, u huge part of which period was spent on the Island ot Borneo. " Words are not adequate to express the horror of tho traffic in human souls that goes on in that Archipelago Region. The only moans of realizing the lull loree of the pernicious system it too tee it 111 operation. I now refer to the system of supplying Chinese labor to lhe tobacco States of Borneo by the slave traders of Hong Kong and Singapore, where we liiul these brulos��� ' labor agents' they style themselves���in all of t lu ir dotestablo power. " To ihe ' labor agent,' if yoa please, lhe Borneo tobacco plainer goes saying that he is in need of .'III' I coolies. There is no unlive labor in Borneo, yon know, hence the draft is made upon tlio slavedealer, who promise) the planter that Ihe men shall be forthcoming, and that they will cost him ��100 per man this iu nioxican money, which, by lho way, is in almost universal use down theie, uonniN'u TIIK LUX " Out of this $100 the slave dealer agl'008 lo pay lo each coolie about$,'10 which sum the lohaeeoph ntcr, if he is a 'jusl and wise man,' ia expeoted in turn to deduct from each coolie's wages, and, of course, put Inlo his own pocket. Thus, you see, the poor slave is paying the Iirst installment oil his own hire. The slave dealer, or ' labor iigcnl,' begins operations by sending his agonts up into the highways and byways of China, to scour the count ry and spread sensational tales of newly discovered gold Holds iu a beautiful Kldorudo. ' Littlo work and big pay,'says the agont, and hy this and other false enchantment lie induces Iho requisite 11111111101' ef ipnoraut half-starved Chinamen, to join tbo expedition. " All men " was asked. "Vos. Women are never found on a Borneo tobaoco estate. The agents having got their men together compel them to sign nn agreement that each slave will pay the planter ��30 and work en the plantation a twelfth-month���365 days, for hear in mind there arc no Sundays, holidays, or days of rest of a tobacco plantation. It is hardly necessary to say that not one of these poor wretches knows tho purport of a document to which he has put his mark- for tlio can't read or write. The agents next proceed to have each coolie photographed. Then each one is branded across his breast or on tho small of his back with the initials of the owner of the estate under whom he is bought into bondage, This marking process is dona with caustic and leaves an ugly, deep-burned, indelible scar about live inches in length. The brand serves to identify the coolie should ho attempt to run away, au act which he is certain to attempt when ho finds oul the sort of li.e to which he is doomed." "And there is no Governmental interference, in these eases';" ''(Inly one ease bus ever hen brought lo my knowledge. It happened on my last voyage from Singapore. There wore 180 of the unfortunate, doomed devils on hoard of our boat. They had all heen biought down from the country and laken passage totally unawaro of their destination until they were two days ont, when oneof the slaves gleaned the fact daring a conversation with a Chinaman, who was one of our crew. Then, for the Iirst time, the appalling truth dawned upon them. Thoy iearncd that lliey were in tlie wake ot hosts of their fellow-countrymen who nail fallen victims lo the slave traders and sold their liberty lor a mess of potago." "Thereupon these fellows took iiullei"i into their own hands at a lively pace. .Mutiny followed, and as a result the skipper was obliged tupu; back to Singapore. Here Governor Douglas was appealed i ami after hearing lhe complaint made by tlie coolies he compelled the captain ol the vessel to release them. But, bless you. ihis one case brought t" official aoti e is ol iieoal ol the hundreds that go unh ud ire!'. As a usual thine '.'here is no opporl nity p ��� it to port at ihe instigal on of mutii ��� ��� because they are cowed and thr i irons before they have tone to or; u thus they are carried ou ag . : " And finally"��� They arrive a: Sand i I . 'i led iii;,' so m .V i the estate lo whi h u IV it Bon " \ nie"- handful ii N i i I y i fspeafe prise the M phoai Boi tin Bs is wild I ca of Sui ind i ni Celebes and 1' is i, iry personage ot th th,' I iay give - ��� ��� ,. po ir slaves I Bornei , : , ' deiisn ind old trees, v ��� a., ersof piles pro habiutioi a1! of the .Mala l: e re, win:. ��� on . len - : I, ������ ������ ��� u to what ha heconu I c peoph . " i ������ alj ii iwi. ���ii vho tell '. tin ������ pasl o n . ill; nadi oci mother thai thc end came in trunnion. To bo sure, there are be found along A.e banks ol those en rivers���for poetical Ij hcatiti fill they are today. B ' evei ' esetl - onl i ire ituated vidi apart. And thas it is thai tho old custom of head I anting I 11 vei' ne irl, died o,' be a e tin fi w people and the prohibitory law combine to ���'��� feal my al lempts al heail limiting, although i , bo admitted thai one village is only too glad to roh it i,i ,. ��� i , o,,:,, ; ea 11 is pos Iiii a Ii iph , - of bravery and lining " "Wereyou ovor hunted for youi head? I a acl, half in jest, not counting upon as ������ non in an wor, ������ Ves, once only oi e, lho I'lnglishtnan ��� ���������. v i promptly, " and to my dying day 1 shall never forgcl It, A hand ol Dyaks chased moftioiinu the foot ol a mountain, Away I flow, lie savage Dyaks after me, until ) reached u fallen Irco, whore I (lis- aro llie very lellows who ut, length become the galling yoko around lhe necks of the slaves. What u Malay will not do for money is nol to bo classified iu thocategoiy of crime. They are a standing and over- ready aid to lhe tohaeeo plan tors, who offer a reward of $5 per head for every runaway Chinese slave they capture and return to them alive. Thus menaced upon every aide, freedom is an absolute Impossibility. The slave escapes one night. That is comparatively an easy matter, for days he may hide himseli in the interior. There he stops, in a vast, trackless forest, without food and with no possible moans lo obtain it. .Many a day he avoids the river's edge, for this is the highway to and from the estates. Then when hunger seizes him in its mad grip, he grows holder���lamer might he a more lilting word���until finally his craving appelile drives him to tiie river, with the quivering hope that bo may meet some compassionate soul who will at least give him a hit of food. And about the first poison that he does meet along the river hank is a Malay-some of these human devils who are always prowling about fur coolies.'' Till ntl'.U.'lll'I'.OUS MALAY. "Tiie Malay greets him with a winsome smile. Thai is a pun of his stock in trade, This smile ensnares the coolie and ho bogs l ho Malay (ogive him food and aid him to escape to the coast. Rich promises arc inuile by tho Malay, who Induces the coolie locator his gohong (native hoat),when ho pounces upon the weak, hungry, and unsuspecting slave, binds him hand and foot, and, after stripping him of cicry vestige of clothing, lands him, stark naked, upon the estate of ihe coolie's former master and ro- ceives his .*-,"> reward. Frequently eight or Un coolies escape together, and finally wind up face to face Willi Ihe alluring Malays and this means bloodshed, for an axe light is sine to precede submission," "And there is no avenue of escape when the coolie is once pursued'!" "No, It occasionally happens that a coolie, when hard pressed, will take to tho water and attempt to swim to tho opposite bank of the river. But what then? He becomes a victim of a still more appalling torture. I have seen an ugly crocodile worry a coolie as a terrier I og does a rat, and, with cries of frightful agony, and the water whipped into foam, ami, stained with blood, the poor coolie at last gave up the battle and paid the penally with a horrible death." "Then the slave never voluntarily returns to the estate'''' " Very seldom; for any fate would he preferable to their leception at the hands of the planters. But I have known eases where tlie wretches came back, driven in by the pangs of hunger, of course. 1 saw one poor fellow, the very life blood wrung from his heart at every step, a, ho dragged his weary body hack, and wan, famished, feel. But death is the sweetest re'ief from such bondage after all. Ves, it's a pitiful state of affairs down there in Borneo. The frightful dragon of slavery draws his loathsome length ovor the land, leaving lhe slime of bondage to fester beneath thc sun of nineteenth century civilization. And we so-called Christians gaze upon it with fettered tongues, until ii becomes us to ery out 'Look at us I We are tlie advocates, Ihe models of modern reform and liberty.' " We will admit that the Southern slave lay shackled, hand and foot and body, across a line of racorous bubbling contention, But if he had an enemy, he also had a friend. In the ease of tiie coolie slave the affairls all one-sided. No person defends his case. If iie does tight for himself his side falls defeated and he dies. Hundreds of thousands of meu laid down iheir lives to quench the hot fires fsecossion. Not a man ever died for '.he abolition of coolie slavery, ft is all a self-fought battle with them, Their life story is short, sad, appalling, Capture uu- derthe leception of labor agents, subjection, the caustic brand ; thc hellish slave driver ic 'he tobaci ��� estate -and, pereiiar.ee, es- 'ape. If so, recapture and punishment too narrowing to mention. Perhaps they plunge - : ".-;. Ami if thev : i ,i in ���: .. I rible leath iw lits thi ���;,. a ' bej scream in >i lespa ��� . . ti : listen ' the si ae:; . : :rackii g 11 theii own .���������..��� i inching lei NAVIGATING Tfl�� ARCTIC, li I- Vo Longer a tinder ol dinner ' --. ��� ��� ' sn brought ped it ions, ��� ��� e ear traversi i ol li , nl ��� in, which 1 hy 'i.e ... ��� pai i iptn ��� ��� Ige, In an tra , ��� , ��� ilmost akii . Phi tn been bald togi . | , . | ered ��� or pans ol ., line ,m thc p ��� ii iwn, 'I he m is ncen I iway, ��� . fo thi lose of thi ��� ������ ij pan) rema ��� . , ��� bul -i few lays ��� ��� . e, Thc n w ii 'i lo tho ,\ in'-, i.i ii ci", and fin il io the open ma, li was the purposi Relief Expedition In rca bo ind ' .' of llm Me],v e Ba ��� pa k o i or about the 20thof thomonth, mdt.l vatel ��� lie i o lenta ol lhe ice until the oppot liinltyforactionarrived At.carle mighl possibly li ive bosn marie tin ������ pei si-i'ciii "hutting"of the Ice, bul then mgcri incident to this form rd nai igation ������ ere in hn to rondor slowness a prudent in taa nro ol safi ly, | Dr, Am;- lo Hollprin, in Scribner. mv Lord shall bo bound In tho bundle of lifo with tlie Lord thy God." I.Samuel XXV.'.'II. Herald ii forth to Hlspi'alsol Jcsub, mv Lord can it lie 1 shall bo bound Attheenil of I lie days In a handle of life with Thooi Life will bo Thine Pli 1*0 life will lie mine Ami love, a-,i girdle, will our life enlwinc. I. oul t the IntlnlLograce Lifting me up to Thy sido! Urnutiu'* my soul In Thy presence a place, Not aglfl nora favor donloil .* Life Ml.n Thine own. As pure as Thy Throne And us diastolic Kiernily over halh known. Bound Inn bundle with God! What a translation and gain: Now 1 urn under His Grace and Ills rod, In woaknossunil peril and pain, - Ilold-sohe siiilh- ln bondage lo death And life a lent mystery, baked In abronth Thon (Thrill with raplurnmy heart ;i I- once ii sinner shall ho Like Th ml know Thoo Ami lie where Thon art And have life ia il' fulness with Thoo ; Death shall have ran Ilis race uml 1)0 ilone- riij dying suoh living for mortals halh won Hound mu bundloofUfa; ���"-oul of mine, iliui -ailh his word I When I hou art done Willi mortality's strife, Thou shall than bo bound up wiih the Lord; .loyfulli prove In hondago above The llmltloss freedom of Inllnilo love. -[Llewellyn A, Morrison, "The Elms," Toronto. 0 d Joe- Whon tlio "melancholy days." With I heir -of and inciter haze, Settle nigh, An'the ripe leave-, red an'lirown, Flutter sof'lv, gentle down, DeaiI and dry; Or, as else, tho nlppln' breeze floesrampiintin'througli the troes In u gust, Vorks 'em from the ol' homo twig, Whirls'om in n giddyjig Willi Hie dust; Thon 1 tliink otrecr'nllon- A spot on the plantation. Warm and bright, An' I lill my ol'clay pipe With t'baocer yeller-ripc. Strike a light. As I set thnrpaffn. tlilnkln', A-blinkin'uniia-winkin' Of my eyes, A sof nud wis'ful feelin,' Upon my heart comes stcalln,' Kasywisc. Ton see. I'm growln' feeble. An'soon mustleavo the people Here around; Aii'wlien Ihe leave-, fros'-bitton, Hy garn'rln1 winds nro smitten, To the ground, Then it somehow 'pears to me I'm a po'r leaf on Life's tree. Soro an' light, Which ablastin', blightln' brcalh From I he cracked ol' lips of Death Soon will smile. An' when the lea vos are fallin' 1 alums' hear em cabin' .From the shore Where iny wifo an' little Joe, In an autumn long ago. Went before. Now f)l' Joe's sun's dorlinin'-- Whcrosunboainsonco was shinin' Shadows lie; Hut,thank tiud, comes thodawnin' A iit-wltli-glorj niornin' - Uponhlghl The Sad Story of Elder Jones- There never was a better man Than Elder Simon Jones, lie rooked with goodness even m The marrow iu his bone;!; And he'd havo been beatified Long years ago, 1 know, But for his fatal tendency To say: " I told you so." No nun ter what might come to pass, No shadow of surprise *A as over soon by any one In Lldcr..limes'eyes. He'd dimply listen tothetalo Of gladness or of woe, And when it all was fin shed he'd Remark: "I lohl you so." A more exasperating 11 m, The neighbors all a eed. Thoy never know, nowovorgood He was in word and deed; For when I he ino.it unlooked-for i hings Had sol I hem in a glow. Thc stolid June-: would only nod And say: " 1 told you so." Wi-lj. finally, the older died, As even good men must. HI- mortal frame was laid away To mingle with the dust, He: whon his soul to judgment camo, Ii eourso was turned below, And all lhe angels -hook their heads And -aid: " I told yon so," flow to Yote! he lie ,i rote, '.',,'i' for "Pro ri ' ',',,! for pari io ieo, i ��� pti nure, ii ;.r fume nr treasure, ���I- evi ry honosl measure, - ��� Pro Foli n -,"��� I., [hi n'py . r '.'��� > ���. ��� i .',;' rr un Ifiinvcn, llOOl ..villi, i: nb.Ml.tlni '-ii, ��� . I' , .. ������ Pro "��� 1 forsooth I , , . .,, m, 1,1 . ii ,i, , i.,ni and 'I r i'n for "l1 igra I o ��� for gold , ��� : , ��� (orabrih ., in 'vi", I, a', I Iriho. ��� tree in we i ie j. i k1.1- .-��� God -a i homo, ' , ,. i'r ,.' :,, ,,' Lot well oil , i [ll nun ���'' (1 ll ll ' Ml,'nil, | ���' U If ll eullyoiu own, iti ', I'rogrc ' I ,.iii liorii Aiiiilyiis nr Hip World's Record ��r siii..- wreck* for Last Vein', Wc hear much of the many finely-modelled ships that are built, from lime to time, bui littlo of Hie many vessels that are lost. Occasionally public inlercst is excited by heroism displayed in saving a shipwrecked crew ; bill in many cases thc loss of a good ship is only indicated by a hue or two in the list of casualties In the daily papers. Who, far instance, would think thai last year sixty-eight vessels, the largest proportion ships, sated from some port or oilier, and, according to Lloyd's annual return, never again were heard of, and these, loo, wore fairly good-sized crafts'; What of lhe crows? lhc story can never be completed, the suffering muy be but guessed at. And Britain and hor colonlos havo more than their share, hut while wc mako up a half of tin) total losses, we contribute, 28,- 500 rut of ihe 411,100 tons which have thus passed out of record. The tola! of wrecks, loo. seems largo��� IllSli vessels of 11111,(110 tons, but it must, be I omomberod that thoro are probably always alloat on the high seas over twenty million Ions of shipping, which fact, although il increases the surprise thai so many vessels should lie lost without any nows, indicates generally a fairly low ratio of loss���,') to ���! per cent, of tonnage. 11 may bo aoeeptod as a testimony in favor of steel that oftho total tonnage lost only I*.' percent, was constrnotodof Ihis metal, while 41 per oent. was of iron, and 47 per cent, was of wood and composited vessels. But it should also lie noted Unit the wooden vessels generally arc older, so that ago as well as material may have contributed lo the result. Again, ships bulk moro largely than steamers, the latter making 111 per cent., and ships 57 per cent, of the total; but ago again must be considered, for a large number (li'-l vessels of 47,010 tons) were condemned und broken up against only 18,0115 tons of steamers. A ship is more readily abandoned al sea than a steamer, because when the masts "go by tlie board" in a storm the ship is often helpless. Wo have therefore 50,570 tons of ship thus abandoned against only f)000 of steamers, which latter in itself is a largo number ; they were all of largo size too, averaging 13 0 tons. It is interesting to note further that steamers collide more frequently than ships, or tho results are moro disastrous. Thus we find that while 45,070 tons of steamers were lo3t by collision, only 12,849 tons of ship losses arc accounted for. The number of vessels does not show the same disparity, Ut of the former against 47 of the latter, which would indicale that small ships more readily collide, and ono may bo pardoned the assumption that those arc mostly iu home channels rather than on the high seas, Of course (he hidden rock, thc fog-bedim- med, rugged headland, and tlio overpowering tempest aro as disastrous to tlie steam- | er as to the ship, and wo find that in each case aboul a half of the losses are attributed to Ihese more or less una voidable causes. As to the nationality, we find that the " death rate " of tonnage of Britain's fleet, is 2.07 per cent., and of the colonies 3,13 per cent. Britain has a heavier loss in ships than steamers--her total losses for the year being .'115 vessels, of 282,712 tons,���{Engineering, Fooled too Often' Ro ry lato al nigh! I Hollo, Brown iren't o lali I'i iwn ' "��� (Vi boon ��orking over my books ii 'i,- ini I ii, i'i nd in mod my wife. " Don'l VIi, lirown liko',, have you cm:��� i' thi oil Into !" 1 Mho docsn'l min I th it, lm' iho won t holieve I ve been there." Th" hoarl " ,.' la soonest awake to lhe lowoi I'l '���' 11 or lirsi to he touolu il by UlC I hole... Shark aud Sea Serpen t. Mr. John T. Harrington contributes to tho Field an article dealing with the various species of sharks which have from tune lo time been found in Uritish waters. The largest species of British sharks is (he says) so distinct that there need bono difficulty in ' identifying it by the gill arrangements, for (attached to them arc elastic rakers, which act like the whale-bone strainers of the 1 baleen whale. Their object seems to he to : sift the water before passing through the I gills, and retaining small nrustaoa*, 4o,, on : which the animal foods. Unlike, most, of the 'sharks, Selachc maxima is timid and inoffensive, feeding upon sea-weeds and ininule 'marine organisms, ft is known by tho Eng- ��� lish name of basking-shark, because of its habit of remaining pcrfocly still, probably asleep, on the surface of the waler. The Irish name is sun-fish���doubtless for the same reason. This shark sometimes roaches a length so groat as 40ft., but from 'J,*ift. to .'!0 ft. seems to he tbo more frequent size of adults which are found in our seas. Being a very bulky lish for its length, individuals of largo size run lo groat weights, such as half a ton. Another character is lho beak-like projecting snout, which frowns over tho oyeslike exaggerated eyebrows. The mouth, also, is far forward, and not, deep under the head, as in sharks generally. The colour of I these animals is blackish brown, lighter on ! the undersides. The snoul is dark red- dish, dirty whitish underneath. Tlio basking-sharks arc not always inactive in their habits, as thoy some- limes leap out of thc water, exposing most of iheir huge body, us though al play. Another curious habit is swimming on the I top of the smooth soa, wiih an undulating ' motion, the snout and eyes being well clear nl tho water. It is supposed that, this habit i.i the origin of the so called sea-serpent, lor in thai condition lhe siu.ul ami eyes would give ilie required conditions (with a littlo added) to fulfil (he many descriptions of that mythical boast, The capture of these sharks n highly interesting and exciting work. Thoy are easily approached while basking 01 -looping, and will not readily awake, even after the harpoon is thrust deeply into lho body near tho gills. I.hiee sensible, howoier, in lhe fact, thoy piling*! with Ireineuidoiis lm,-e deep down Into flic Bea and roll on the bottom trying to disentangle the deadly weapon, nnd then I'aoe awny lit high speed, livery care inusi he exerted by those in the l���,ils or the chances are a catastrophe. A , free running-line of a couple of hundred . tut limns is the Iirst thought, for those lish make a aallantlight for lifo. They are killed i for the sake of the oil extracted from Iho liver, whidi is said to Im of very good ' quality. A 20-foo! female produces as much I n�� Lill gallons of such oil, The range of this I spocios ineludos lho Mediterranean, and is nol i ue around the Orkneys. feminine Contrannesi. Old Rooster���" What have you slopped laving for?" old Hen���" It's too cold." Old Rooater���"Huh I .lust like you fo- male?. Quick as It BOts cool enough for mo "".row without getting into a perspiration, j-, i rjnit lay'"g-' Uo Saved a tit,, nml Received UN Own Twice, in lion Thereof. About the mi,Idle of this century thero was a terrible uprising among the Yucatan Indians. For a time thoy were able to wreck vengeance on their white conquerors and their ferocity and cruelty wero horrible. Kven so dark a page of history as this, however, ia not without its story of kindness and mercy between enemies. Tlio town of Peto was so situated in the Indian territory that it was taken by the Indians and recaptured by the whites many times. Once, when it was in the hands of Its rightful owners, a number of Indian prisoners were held. Less cruel than the savages, the whites killed only in battle; they allowed thoir prisoners to live. But provisions Lecanie more and more scarce iu I'elo, ami ',ho Indians were left to die of hunger. One day Doii Marcos Duarte, a wealthy inhabitant of lhc town, was passing the house where the Indians wore, and stopped, shocked al the sight of a miserable, emaciated creature. "What arc you doing?" he asked, " 1 am eating my shoes, as you see," was the reply. "I am .starving lo death.'1 For twelve days we. have had almost no food, Most of my companions are dead, and the days of the rost arc numbered." Don MarOOS looked at the miserable survivors, and said, " Vou and they shall live," and he sent thom food everyday, and finally procured their freedom. Whatever were the rights of the question not ween Indians and whites in Iiis oase, human pity spoke first in his heart. 801110 time later Peto was captured by tha Indians, and the inhabitants woro massacred. Don Marcos, with his wife and children, awaited death on their knees in prayer. Tbey heard a parly of savages approaching thc house, and felt that the; end had com e. The head of tho band, however, stationed sentinels around the house, and gavo this order: "Not a hair of the head of this man or his family is to bc touched on pain of death." Tho family of Duarte was tho only one that was spared. The Indian who had inspired the pity of Don Marcos was paying his debt. Twenty years afterward, iu a successful uprising, the Indians sacked a number of villages and country houses. Thoy retreated loaded with spoil aul dragging with them many household servants, of whom they intended to make slaves. The chief of the expedition asked one of thom what was the namo of his master. "Don Marcos Duarte," he replied. Tho chief immediately called a ball. " How many men belong to Don Marcos 'I" he asked. "Twenty-four," replied the man to whom ho had spoken. " Name them," said the chief. Having collected the t.veuty-foiir men, he returned to them tho spoil which had oome from the Duarte house, and said, "Go home, friends; you are free." It was the Indian once more paying his debt. ELABORATE FEASTS- In Venire People f'llile-l Oysters, nml im Lnglauil They Ale I'm- Hours, It was the vogue at one lime in Venice to gild the roles of bread and tlie oysters on the supper table. The candles were also coaled with gold. We read of dinners of stale which lasted four hours. Something of thoir nature may he discerned in the brilliant pictures of Veronese, which, seen in Venice, give us so vivid an idea of Venetian life three or four cent uries ago. There were, of course, also banquets of quite exceptional lavishness in honor of the distinguished guests who wore constantly drawn Into the vortex of Venetian gayety. In 1552 the Patriarch of Aquiloia feted RaniieeioFarneso, iho Pope's nephew, in his palace on tho (liuilecca. The rooms wore decked with extraordinary sumptuous- ness; cloth of gold, paintings, and illuminations adding to the effect produced by the Patriarch's cooks. Among the guests were twelve gentlemen in fancy marine costume of green satin with red lining, wearing caps of thc same colors, and each accompanied by a lady dressed in while. This repast also lasted four hours, varied by music and the professional entertainers of lhe day. llondcd with the cutting up of certain largo pics, from which live birds Hew out. into the room. The guests strove with each other to catch those birds. But, perhaps,the most expensive banquet ever given in Vonioewasthat to Henry III, of Franco, He was leaflet! in the great hall of the Doge's Palace, und there wero silver plates for .'1,000 guests. Al another time the sumo monarch was ontertaiued ut a sucar banquet; the napkins, plates, knives, forks, and even the bread (so called) wore all of sugar. 1 he Venetians woro mightily pleased when Henry took his napkin in his hands, and. to Ins surprise, found it broke lo pieces. At this least 1'Ji'iO different dishes were served, and .'(UO sugar offlglos were distributed among the ladies. Whatever might have been said against I bo Venetians, t hoy wore a hospitable people ���this, to, In small as well us in great matters. When, for example, in 1470, an ambassador from the Khan of Tartary visit- oil the oity, and it was known thai the Khan and his sidle carried but one shirt apiece iu their bag.', the Senate formally voted 20 ducats that thoy might be provided with additional shirts, which were accordingly made " a la tartarosolia,"and presented. We can imagine how the good councillors and citizens would enjoy this kindly 'ittle jest, Gladstone Starts for Trance, A London despatch says :���Mr. (Had- stone, who intends to spend a short vacation in thc south of France, embarked upon a Channel steamer at Folkestone to-day. The sun was Hhining brightly and the weather was balmy. Mr, Gladstone went aboard tho steamer some time before the hour sol, for her sailing. He at once procceiivd to the upper deck, where ho sat for an buir, A largo crowd of his friends and admirers were on tho steamer to bid him adieu. When they went ashore they rem lined on the wharf, and as the steamer hauled (tit tbey gave Mr, Gladstone an ovation. Hoac- kuowlcilced iheir cheers by bowing ami waving his hand, Education is the only interest wo, thy Ae ' deep, controlling anxiely of ths thoughtful J man.���{Wendell Phillips. AN UNllUillLAbL A TRUE HISTORY OF A REMARKABLE EXI ENCE. their play, myself, an OHAPTRRXII.-(Co.vtinti*i>.) "It lay where he had dropped il when he was first attaoked. Tiie box was llie same which now lies open upon your table. A key was hung by a silken cord to that carved handle upon the top. We opened il, and the light of the lantern gleamed upon a collection of gems such as f have read of and thought about when I was a little lad at Pcrshore. It was blinding to look upon thom, When we feasted our eyes we took them all out and made a list of thom, Thorn j t hoy used to make, were one hundred and forty-three diamonds: " Well, there wa of the first water, including one whidi has been called, I believe, 'the Great Mogul' and is said to be lhe second largest stone in existence. Then there were ninety- seven vory lino emeralds, and one hundred and seventy rubies, some of which, however, were small. There wore fori;/ carbuncles, two hundred and ton sapphires, sixty-one ag'itos, and a great quantity of beryls, onyxes, cats'-eyos, turquoises, and other stones, the very names of which I did not know at the- time, though I havo become more familiar with thcni since, besides tbis. 'there wore nearly three hundred very line pearls, twelve of which were set in a gold coronet. Iiy the by, those last bad beeu taken out of the chest and wore not there when I recovered it. " After wo had counted our treasures wc put thom back into the chest and carried I hem to the gate-way to show tbem to Mahomet Singh. Then we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other and be true to our secret. We agreed lo conceal our loot in a safe place until the country should be at pcaceagain, and then to divide it equally among ourselves. There was no use dividing it at present, for if gems of such value were found upmi us it would cause suspicion, and there was no privacy in the fort nor any place whero we could keep them. We carried the box, therefore, into the same hall where wo had buried the body, and there under certain bricks in tho best-preserved wall, wc mado a hollow and put our treasure. Wc made careful uotc of the place, and next day I drew four plans, one for each ot us, ami put the sign of the four of us at tbe bottom, for we bad sworn that wc should each always acl for all, so that none might take advantage. That is an oath that I can put my hand to my heart and swear that 1 havo never broken. "Well, theres no use my telling you gcntlomaii what came of the Indian mutiny. After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken, Fresh troops came pouring in, and Nana Sahib made himself scarce, over the frontier, A Hying column under Colonel Greathed came round to Agra and cleared the Pandies away from it. Peace seemed to 1 be settling upon the country, and we four were beginning to hope that tlie time was at hand when we might safely go off with our shares of the plunder. In a moment, however, our hopes were shattered by our being arrested as the murderers of Achniet. "It came about this way. When the rajah put his jewels into the bauds of Ach- met he did it because he knew that he was us. Often, ifl fell lonesome, 1 used to turn out the lamp in the surgery, and then, standing there, 1 could hear their talk aud watch J he got hot. I am loud of a ban ' it was almost as good as having one to watch the others, There was Major Sholto, Captain Morstan, and Lieutenant Bromley Drown, who were in command of the native troops, and there was the surgeon himself, and two or three prison-officials, crafty old hands who played a nice sly safe game. A very snug litlle patty our commissions handsomely." "' Well, Small,' said the major, ' we must. I suppose, try and meet you. We must first, of course, test the truth of your J story. Tell me where the box i.i hid, and I , shall get leave of absence and go back to I India in the monthly relief-boat to inquire ' inlo tlie affair.' " ' Not ro fast,' said 1, growing colder as must have the consent of my at cards j three comrades. I tell you that it is four or none with us.' '���' Nonsense I' ho broke in. ' What have three black tellows to do with our agreement ?' " ' lilack or blue,' said I, 'they are in with me, and we all go together.' " (Yell, the matter ended by a second meeting, at which Mahomet Singh, Abdul- j lah Khan, and Dost Akhar wore all present, one thing which very i We talked the matter ovor again, and at soon struck me, and that was that the sol- last we came to an arrangement. Wewere to diers used always to lose and the civilians to provide both thc officers with charts of the win. Mind, I don't say that there was any- part of the Agr.i fort and mark lhe place in thing unfair, but so il was. These prison-1 the wall where the treasure was hid. Major chaps had done little else than play cards - Sholto was to jn lo India to test our story ever Hinee lliey had been at lie Anclamans,! If he found the box lie wa-. lo leave it there nnd they knew each other's game to a point, ; to .send out n small yaohl provisioned for a while the others just played to pass the timo voyage, which was to lie off Rutland Island, aud threw their cards down anyhow, Night to which wo were to make our way, und after night the soldiers got up poorer men, finally to return to bis duties. Captain and tho poorer they got the more keen they Morstan was then to apply for leave of were to play. Major Sholto was the hard- j absence, to meet us at Agra, and there we est hit, lie used lo pay in notes and gold were to have a final division of the treasure, at first, but soon it came to notes of hand he taking the major's share as woll as bis and for big sums, lie sometimes would j own. All this we sealed hy the most solemn oaths that the mind could think or lhe lips utter. I sat up all niglit, witli paper and ink, and hy the morning I bad the two charts all ready, signed with the sign of four���thatis, of Abdullah, Akbar.Mahomot, and myself, he lost even more heavily! " Well gentlemen, 1 weary yoii with my was sitting in my hut when | long story, and I know that my friend Mr. win for a few deals, just to givo him heart, and then tho luck would set in against him worse than ever. Ali day he would wander about, as black as thunder, and he took to drinking a deal more than was good lor him, "ClUC night hp IohI ni-.ni nmrp lieivilv ! than usual. I be and Captain Morstan came stumbling along on the way to their quarters. Thoy were bosom friends, those two, aud never far apart. The major was raving about his losses. " It's all up, Morstan,' ho was saying, as they passed my hut. ' I shall have to send iu my papers. 1 am a ruined man.' "'Nonsense, old chap!' said the other, slapping him upon the shoulder. ' I've had j a nasty laccr myself, but���' That was | shortly afterward all I could hear, but it was enough to set me thinking. "A couple of days later Major Sholto was strolling on the beach : so I took the chance of speaking to him, " ' I wish to have your advice. Major,' said I. "'Well, Small, what is it?' he asked, takinj, his cheroot from his lips. '"I wanted to ask you. sir,' said I, ' who is the proper person to whom hidden treasure should bc handed over. I know whore half a million worth lies, and, as I cannot use it myself, I thought perhaps the. I o ones is impatient to get mc safely stowed inohokey, I'll make it as short as I can, The villain Sholto went off to India, but he never came baok again. Captain Morstan showed mo bis name among a list of passengers in one of the mail-boats very shortly afterwards. His uncle had died leaving him a fortune, and he had left the army, yet he could stoop to treat five men as he had treated us. Morstan wonl, over to Agra and found, as we ex peeled, that the treasure was indeed gone. Tho scoundrel had stolen il all, without carrying out one of the conditions on which wc had sold him the secret. From thatday I lived ouly for vengeance. I thought of it by day and I nursed it by niglit. It became an overpowering.absorbing passion with me. I cared nothing for the law,���nothing for tho gallows. To escape, lo track down Sholto, to have my hand upon his throat,��� that was my one thought. Even tbe Agra treasure had come to bc a smaller thing in my mind than the slaying of Sholto. " Well, I have set my mind on many best thi ig that I could do would be to hand I things in this life, and never one which 1 over to tlie proper authorities, aud them did not carry out. But il was weary years perhaps they would get my sentence short- j before my time came. I have told you lhat ened forme." 11 had picked up something of medicine. One "'Haifa million, Small?' he gasped, | day when Ur. Somerton was down with a looking hard at me to sec if I was in earn- j fever a little Andaman Islander was picked est. j up by a convict gang in the woods. He was '"Quite that sir,���in jewels and pearls. I siek to death, and had gone to a lonely Il lies there ready for any oue. And thc I place to die, I took him in hand, though queer thing about it is that I he real owner is j he was as venomous as a young snake, and outh.wed and cannot hold property, so that I after a couple of months I got him all right it belongs to the first comer.' j and able to walk. He took a kind of fancy " ' To government, Small,' he stammered j \�� rae then, and would hardly go back to Kill he said i; in a a trusty man. They are auspicious folk ini 'l.�� government, the East, however: so what does this rajah ; haltingfashion, and f knew in my heart that do but tako a second even more trusty ser-1' "ff Soi """��� vantandsethimto play the spy upon the | . ��? ���mk, tlie"' sir. that I should first? This second man was ordered never i glve ,he information to theGovernor-Gener- to let Achniet out of his sight, and he fob ial ���\<} }< quietly. lowed him like his shadow. He went after , �� ell, well, you must not do anything him that night, and saw him pass through j J'ashi <"'..that J'"" ndghi repent. Let me, I hear the door-way. Of course he thought be facts.' about it, Small Give me tlie mall his woods, but was always hanging about my hut. I learned a little of his lingo from him, and this made him all the fonder of me. "Tonga���for that was his name���was a tine boatman, and owned a big, roomy canoe ol his own. When I found that bo was devoted to me and would do anything to serve me, I saw my chance of escape, I talked it over with him. He was to bring his boat round on a certain night to an old wharf which was never guarded, and there 1 gave him directions He was stanch and true, was littlo ! Tonga. No man eve.* had a more faithful i mate. At thc niglit named he had his boat j at the wharf, As it chanced, however, ! thero was one of the convict-guard down there,���a vile Pathiin who had never missed bad taken refuge in the fort, and applied for, admission there himself next day, but could I , " 1 {M m,"> fcl��e ��**> �� sim)'< witl find no trace of Achmet. This seemed to I cl,ulKe3 s�� f ��*,','<-' ''""'d not identify tho liim soRir/vncii. thif hp sooke nhonl it t.n ft ' Places. When 1 had finished he stood stock , ''** wasio piuKiiit ui b recant of ifuidos whoTouaht i to the' ->��" *""- f���� of thought. I could sec by the '�� have several gourds of water and a lot of ZV Of tLgUcoui:,banr t toough | 'witch oi his lip that thore was a struggle \ i���. cocoa-nuts, and sweet potatoes. search was quickly made, and lhc body was j UmlvZ ��" wltlun ,li,n- discovered. Thus at the very moment! "'This is a very important matter. that, wo thought that all was safe we were i Small,' he said, at last. 'Vou must not all four seized aud brought to trial on a ! say a word to any oue about it, and I shall charge of murder,���three of us because we : see you soon.' had held the gate that night, and the fourth! "Two night's later he and his friend, i, olmnM of , .^ aml m]���lm , ������, , because he was known to have been iu the Cap am Morstan, came to my hut in the hftd a, d �� J ��, 7 company of tho murdered man. Not a dan-d of the night with a lantern. '..'.. word about the jewels came out at the trial, | n. i ,val)t you jU8t l0 *et Captain Morstan for thc rajah had been deposed and driven j |ielI. that Story from your own lips, Small,' out of India : so no one bad any particular j 9;ljt] ]���, interest in them. The murder, however, j .. ] repeated it as I had told it before. was clearly made out, and it was certain: "'It rings true, eh':'said be. 'It's good that wo must all have boon concerned in , enough to act upon ?' " Captain Morstan nodded. " 'book here, Small,' said the major. I' We have been talking it over, iny friend it, The three Sikhs got penal servitude tor life, and I was condemned lo death, though my sentence was afterwards commuted into the same as thc others. " It was rather a queer position that we found ourselves in then. There wo were all four tied by the leg and with precious littlo chance of ever getting out again, whilo wo each held a have put each of us in a palace if could only have had my chance. It was as if late had placed bim iu my way that I might pay my debt I before I left the island. He stood on the hank with Iiis back to mo, and his carbine on his shoulder. I lookeJ about for a stone to heat out his brains with, but none could I seo, Then a ijucer thought came iuto my bead and showed me where I could lay my hand on a weapon. I sat down in the darkness and unstrapped here and I, and we have come to the con- j my wooden leg. Willi three long hops I elusion that this secret of yours is hardly a was on him. He put his cabino to his govornment matter, after all, but it is a shoulder, but I struck him full, and knock- private concern of your own, which of course j ed the whole front of his skull in. Vou can ',, ii you hive the power of disposing ol as you j sec the split in the wood now whore I hit ""'"" ..I..'-*.* I think best, Now, the question is, what him. Wc both went down together, for 1 price would you ask for it'; We might be j could not keep my balance, but when 1 got cuff of every petty jack-in-ollice, to ha T hTttJnl, T" t'"a'le U,\,��f inclined io take it up, and at least look into! up 1 found him still lying quiet cnoi.;;,,. , it, I wu enough to make a man eu hin - ��� �� t , R , '^ f t| b t ������,, f [ , �� heart oul to have to stand he kick and the ' , s, , , . ,. n ... . n i ii i ��� _n i.i . (to speak in a cool, careless way, hut Ins | well out at sea. Jonga had brought all his eyes weie shining with excitement aud oarthly possessions with him, his arms and i greed. I his gods, Among other things, he had a ! " 'Why, as to that, gentlemen,' 1 answer-! long bs oil, trying also lo bo cool, but feeling as excited as ho dill, ' there is only ono bargain whioh a man in my position can make. I shall want you to help me to my freedom, and lo help my three companions to theirs. rice to eat and water lo drink, when that gorgeous fortune was ready for him outside, just, waiting to be picked up. It might have driven me mad ; but I was always a pretty stubborn one, so I just held on and bided my time, " At lost it seemed lo mo to have come. I was changed from Agra to Madras, and from there lo Blair Island iu the Andatnans, There are very few white convicts at this settlement, and, as I had behaved well from the first, 1 soon found myself a sort of privileged person. 1 was given a hut in Hope Town, which is a small place on thc slopes of Mount Harriet, and I was left pretty much tu myself. It is a dreary, fever-stricken place, and all beyond our little clearings was infested with wild cannibal natives, who wore ready enough to j hftvo thongl *t M ������, ��� ��� the |Mt jctail. Mow a poisoned dar at ns it thoy saw a , m ���n,y ]m. t0 01���. MMpe |, that wc ca��� chance. 1 here was digging, and ditching, | , ,|0 b'wt ril for ,hc TOy8ge m\ uo ,,ro. and yam-pliwting, and a dozen other things j ��WoD8,0 ,,lst ���, fol. ,0 lon(, R time Thc.���, are plenty of littic ya his and yawls al Calcutta or Madras which would serve our uboo spear, and some An iaman 1 cojoi'.-nut matting, with which 1 made a sort of a sail. For ton days wu wore heating : about, trusting to luck, nud, on the eleventh I wo were pi .'Ited up hy a trader which was : going from Singapore to Jlddah with a cargo We shall then take you into partnership, of Malay pilgrims. They wore a rum crowd, aud give you a fifth snare to divide between and Tonga and I soon managed to settle you, ' down among them. They had one very " 'Hum I' said he. ' A fifth share ! That' good quality : they lot yo.i alone and asked Is not very templing.' no questions. "'Il would come to fifty thousand apiece, | "Well, if I wcre to loll you all the said I. I adventures that my little chum and 1 went "' But how can. we gain your freedom ? j through, you would not thank me, lor 1 You know very well you ask an impossible would have you hero until the sun was ity, ! shilling. Here and there wc drifted about " ��� Nothing of the sort.' I answered. <1 j i|,e wor'j| something always turning up to keep us from London, All the lime, how to be done, so we were busy enough i though in the evening wc Inula lilt I I nay; time earnod ourselves. Among oilier things to dispense drug:!for thos ','oon, and pi.'k ed up a Hiuattorin** of his knowledge. All the time I wn., on the lookout for a nhan :o r,f escape ; bul it is hundreds of miles from any othor land, and there la little orno wind in those ueas j so il was a terribly 11 if ��� lieull job to gel away. The surgeon, Dr. S erton, was a fas;, sporting young chap, anil the other voiiiig nll'cor.i wouli merit in his rooms of an even- lug aud play cards. Tho surgery, whore 1 itsoil to make up my drugs, was next to his Sitting-room, With a small wiuaU.. i.��(wc, U turn well. Do you bring one over, Wc engage i,, got aboard her by night, and if you will drop ns on any part of the Indian coast you will have done your pari of the bargain, " 'If '.lice were only on",' he said. I saw him lying in his bed, with his sons on each side of him. I'd have como through and laken my chance with llie three of tbem, only even as I looked at him Ilis j iw dropped, and I knew that he was gone. I got into Ids room that same night, though, and I searched his papers to see if there was any record of whore lie bad hidden our jewels. There was not aline, however: so I came away, bitter and savage as a man could be. Before I left 1 bethought mo that if I ever met my Sikh friends again it would be a satisfaction to know that 1 had left some mark of our hatred : so I scrawled down the sign of the four of us, as it had been on the chart, and I pinned it on his bosom. It was too much that he should betaken to tiie grave without sone tokou from the men whom he had robbed and befooled. We earnod a living at this time by my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and oilier such places as the black cannibal. Ho would eat raw meat and dance his war-dance : so lways had a hatful of pennies after a days work. I still heard all the news fiom Pondieherry Lodge, and for some years there was no news to hour, except that y were hunting for the treasure. At last, however, came what we had waited for so long, l'he treasure had been found. It was up at the top of the house, iu Mr. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical laboratory. I came at once and had a look it the place, but I couid not see how with my wooden log I was to make my way up to it. I learned, however, about it trapdoor in the roof, and also about Mr. Sholto's supper-hour. It seemed to mc that I could manage the thing easily through Tonga. I brouedit him ont with me with a long rope wound round his waist. He could climb like a cat, and he soon made his way through the roof, but, as ill luck would have it, Bartholomew Sholto was still in the room, to his cost. Tonga thought ho had done something very clever in killing him, for when f came up by lhe rope I found him strutting about as proud as a peacock. Very much surprised was he when I mac in tills business. I get a wife out of it, .limes gets the credit, pray what remains for you!' " For me,'' said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine-bottle.'' Aud ho stretched hii loic white hand up for it. LTin: end.] A Famous Pearl. The most curious among famous pearls ia that which, throe centuries ago, the French traveller Tavernier sold to the Shall of Per- sia for $075,000. It is still in the possession of lhe sovereign of Persia. Another Eastern potentate owns a pearl of I'J.l carats, which is quite transparent. It is to he had for the sum of 8200,000. Princess Voussoupolf has an Oriental pearl which is unique for the beauty of it' colour, in 1620 this pearl was sold by Georgibus of Calais to Philip VI. of Spain at the price of 30,000 ducats. To-day it ia valued at S-'.'o |ir-"'. Pope Leo XIII., again, owns a pearl left to him by hia predecessoi on the Ihrone of St. Peter, which is worth $200,000 and the chain of thirty-two pearls owned by the Empress Frederick is estimated at $105,000. SI,' 00,000 is tho price of the live chains of pearls forming the eollai of the Baroness Gustavo do Rothschild, aud thai of the Baroness Adolphe do Rothsohild is almost as valuable. Both these ladies are enthusiastic collectors of pearls, and their jewellers have instructions to buy lor thom any pearl of unusual size or beauty which they may happen to come across. The sister of Mdme. Thiers, Millie. Dosne is also the owner of a very valuable string of pearls which she has collected during the last thirty years. Of so-called black pearls the Empress of Austria possesses the most valuable co llec- tion. A story is told of the actress Mdlle. Marie Magnier and her pearls. One day, as she i' was about to appear on the scene, somebody ,, -,i ,i - ��� i i ii i made the lemark that her pear s were really at him with the rope s cud and cursed lum ; . ,,T.' . ��� , ' c p.., 1. , ,i ��� , ��� t.i .i of an enormous size. Itistrue, she re- for a little blood-thirsty imp. I took the ,. ,.',.,, , , T .i , ,,..,? L , ,, ,.. pied. Iho ady whom 1 represent on t he treasure-box and let it down, and then slid ' , ,. ' ,, ' , ��� , stage no doubt wore smaller pearls in real down tnysdf, having first left the sign of the four upon the table, to show that the jewels had come hack at last to those who had most right to thom. Tonga then pulled up tlie rope, closed the window, aud made off the way that he had come, "I don't know that I have anything else to tell you. I had heard a waterman speak of the speed of Smith's launch the Aurora, so I thought she would bc a handy craft for escape. I engaged with old Smith, and was to give him a big sum if he gat us safe lifo. But what can I do? pearls.'' I have no small Cholera in Hamburg. Two fresh cases of cholera have been reported, and the doctors aro making examinations with a view of detecting the bacteria. The Cholera Commission announces ihal the cases developed yesterday are of the Asiatic type. The report has caused considerable apprehension, and business men to our ship. Ho knew, liodoubCthat there I who had been picking up courage are less was some screw loose, but ho was not in | hopeful of the future. It is also feared our secrets. All this is the truth, and if [ that the news will have an unfavorable ill- toll it to you, gentlemen, it is not to amuse lluencc on thc steamship trafficof Hamburg you,���for yon have nol done me a very good and will strengthen the movement in Aincr- turn,���but it is because I believe the best ica to shut out immigrants, especially Bus- defence I can make is just lo hold back . sian Jews. nothing, but let all the world know how I The statement of the Hamburg news- badly I have myself been served by Major paper, intimating that the United Slates Sholto, and how innocent I am of the death Consul at Hamburg was about to resume of his son." j the issue of clean bills of health to vessels " A very remarkable account," said Slier- clearing from that port lor the United lock Holmes. "A fitting wind-up to an Stales, notwithstanding the fact that fresh extremely interesting ease. There is noth-1 cases of oholera were reported is entirely ing at all new to ma in tho latter part of your narrative, except that you brought your own rope. Thai I did not know. By the way, I had hoped that Tonga had lost ail his darts ; yet he managed to shoot one at us in the boat." "Ho had lost them all, sir, except the one which was in his blow-pipe at the time." "Ah, of course," said Holmes. " I had not thought of that." " Is there any other point which you would like to ask about ?" asked the convict, affably. "I think not, thauk you,"my companion answered. " Well, Holmes,1' said Athelney Jones, "you aro a man to be humored, and we all know that you aro a coniiisscur of crime, but duty is duty, and I have gone rat her far in doing what you and your friend asked me. I shall feel more at case when we have our storyteller here safe under lock and key, The cab still waits, and there are two inspectors down-stairs. I am much obliged to you both for your assistance. Of courso you will bc wauled at the trial. Qood-night to you." "(loud niglit, gentlemen both.' Jonathan Small. " You first, Small," remarked the ���Iono3 as they left the room. "I'l particular care that you don't club mo with your wooden leg, whatever you may havo done to the gentleman at tbe Andaman Isles." " Well, and there i.s the end of our little drama," I remarked after we had sat some time smoking in silence. "Hear that it may bc the lust Investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your methods. Miss Morstan has done me the honor to accept ine as a husband in prospective." Ho gave a mo-it dismal groan. " i feared as muoh," said ho. " 1 really cannot congratulate you." I was alillie hurt. " Have you any reason to bc dissatisfied with my choice 1 asked. " Not at all, I think she Is one of the most charming young ladies 1 over met, and might havo been most useful in such work as we huve been doing. She had a decided genius that way : witness the way in which she preserved that Agra plan from all the other papers of her father, But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional said w ary take discredited in Washington. Nevertheless nut of abundant caution. Seoretary Chas. Foster immediately communicated the information to the Secretary of State, with the suggestion that lhe United States Consul at Hamburg be instructed to refrain from such action until there is no longer any danger of the . introduction of the contagious from that source into tho United States. A Sapid Death- It. is a white and dreary plaiu. There is I a lino of straggling gum trees beside a fo ibl ��� I water course. Six wild horses���brombles, a- they an called���have been driven down, corralled I and caught. They have fed on the leave: of the myall and stray bits of salt hush, ! After a time they are got within the traces, They are all young, aud they look no' so had. Westart. Thoy can scarcely beheld iu for the first iew miles. Then they begin to soak in perspiration. Another live miles and they look drawn about the flanks, and what we thought was llesh is dripping from them. Another five and the flesh has gone. The ribs show, the shoulders protrude. Look ! A poler's heels are knocking agaiust the whitilettee. It is twenty miles now. Thore is n gup in your throat as you seen wreck stagger on', of the traces and stumble over the plain, head near thc ground and death upon it- back. There is no water in that direction, worn out creature. It comes upon you like a sudden blow, These horses arc being driven lo death. And why? Because itis cheaper to kill them on this stago of thirty miles than to feed thcni with chaff at $230 a ion, And now another -ways. Look at lhe throbbing sides, the quivering limbs. He falls. ���'Driver, for heaven's sake, can't you sec?" "1 do, so help me Cod, 1 do. Bill we've got to got there. 1 hi them out at another mile. And you art- an i I In isl :au land. Australia. Anglo-Saxon, and this is -[Round the Compass 'n Winter Storms oi the Atlantlo- A Queenstown, despatch layn The Wl tic, Cap! Star line steamer Mail Parscll " 'None or all,' 1 answered, sv.-i rn it. The four of u- must together,' " ' \ OU see. Mot '..in,' slid 111 man d hii �� rd Hi dot - nol his friends. 1 think wo m i) him.' "'Its a uirlv busine ever, 1 never lost sight of my purpose, I would dream of Sholto al night. A hundred times I have killed him iu my sleep. At last, however, some three or four years ago, wo found ourselves In Mngland. 1 hud nt: great difficulty in finding whore Sholto liver and 1 sol to work to discover whether he. iiad realized tho treasure,orlf hostlll had it. I made friends with some one who could help me,���I nam'; no names, for I don't want to got uny one else in a hole,���and 1 "aiejsoun found that ho still had the jewels, always act t Tneu I tried to get at him in many ways; | but he was pretty sly, and bad always two J,,S|llall '8a j pri/c-figblers, besides his sons and his ' "roni khitmutgar, on guard ovor him, "One day, however, I got word that he was dying, I hurried at once to the garden, ���������ad lliat he should slip out oi my clulcllOJ umiiwouui tiling, nun wiliuci er is ciinniiinai ,-nar uur sii-.iuu-i .inij'-a.c., . api. I ai sen. is opposed to that true cold reason which ] from New York, for Liverpool has arrives I place above all things. I should never! bearing evidence of having had a very loin marry myself, lost 1 bias my judgment." I pestuoua voyage, Hci iminels were batter* "I trust," Slid I, laughing, tbat my Iod, and her sides and uppei works wort judgment may survive tbo ordeal, But j coaled with Bait. Tho height of the seal you look weary." that boarded her may lie judged irom the " Ves, the reaction is already upon mc, fact thai her crow's neat, ihe place ou tlie I shall be as limp as a rag for a week." i foremast oooupie 1 by the lookout, had bees "Strange," said I, " how terms of what demolished. in anollior man I should call laziness alter-1 The Majestic took a heavy gale on the Is. nale with your tils nf splendid energy and There was a tromendoui lea, md tons upon vigor." tons of water boarded the iteamor, causing '��� Ves," he answered, "Iheroaro in me ' much dis:oini'i:rt, Th a wis on the port lhe makings of a very fine loafer and also of bow, and this caused the Majestic tn pitch a pretty spry sort of fellow. of those lines cf old Coethe,- I often think Mensch alls i 'We ry well trust lie iithe- answer- and roll heavily. Several of her passengers who attempted to walk about in the saloon were thrown from their bet, ami SUIUlned slight injuries, (in the day of the gale tho ' steamer made only ,'150 miles. The nine i of her passage was six day an I fourteea By lhe way, 'i ptopos of this Norwood huai- i hours. Iicss, yoil hoc that lliey had, us I surmised, Schiulodu ;s ilio Xnlui'iiur ilirschuf. Den ziiiii Wlirdluon .Mann war uud z.uin Schol- nii'ii ilcrStOff. a confederate iu the house, who could bo The soul must sometimes iwont blood none other than Lai Huu, the butler: so Nothing groat is achieve.1 wlthonl lho Jones actually lias the undivided honor ol severed discipline ol boa:', and mind* having caught one lish in his great haul." I nothing is well done Cat is J nie easily,��� "The division scorns rather unfair," I [BayardTajflot, ���Xfyj ftootenaij Star SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1898. It is amusing to see tho Miner crowing aboul the rich strikes in the Lardeau uow tbat it hus found oul that that mining region has a southern entrance und exit���which lends to Nelson���when all the past summer, while the Star wus week nfter week chrouioling tho discoveries being mnde there, il was dumb. Never a word of enoourugement hud il for the prospector in the Lardeau���until, just beforo the snow fell, u Nelson man took some samples of Lardeau ore into that ambitions town, mid ���praise the Lord- - spread the information Unit this vast mineral wealth was accessible from the soulh nml Nelson ! Now the Miner can tlovote oolumns to tho Lardeau, nnd expntinles on the fact thul Nelson bus another rich tributary mining districl. Wo have nothing to any ngninst some of the Lardeau mineral goiugsouth probnbly it will. But we do bine uu objection to llm selfish journalism tlmt declines to publish good reports of a district until it discovers that it will redound to tho benefit of ita own particular .interests. Nelson is no nearer the Lardeau Hum it wns Inst summer, and the richest discoveries had become ancient history long before the Miner condescended to uoliee the district at nil. Why, then, bus that journal changed ils policy so suddenly? Why is it uow filled with paians concerning n country which only a littlo while ago it disdained lo notiee? Simply beoause it bus fouud out that the Lardeau cim possibly be mado to contribute towards building up Nelson nnd IT. This is "local" journalism with a vengeance. iLial'' SMITH and BRIG Merchant Millers, Moosomin, Assa. j; i; A X I) s :- 'HUNGARIAN PATENT," "STRONG BAKERS," "STRAIGHT Dealers in nil kinds ol' CHOPPED FEED OATS, BEAN, SHORTS, CHICKEN FEED, ETC. Prices given Sacked or in Bulk. The fineBt quality of OATMEAL nnd CORNMEAL onu bo obtained in any sized sacks. Quotations cheerfully furnished on applicnl'on, Special Attention given In tho British Columbia Trade. OFFICKS:- Moosomin, N.W.T. and 25 Spark St. Ottawa, Ont. At Cost for Cash! BARGAJISl - BiMMIS! FOB ONE WEEK ONLY, H. N. COURSIER Is offering the following Goods at Cost; LADIES' & MISSES- MANTLES, HATS, DltESS GOODS, PLAIN NELETTES, TWEEDS, CHILDBENS* WEAR, MEN'S, WOMUN'S AM) CHILDREN'S OVEltSHOES, AND IASO GOODS. Those who come first will have the best choice. masaristvaauxuvumzzzxizx.*:r���:���. -aiLn Tar.;it,,-v.-ps.aa Whose fault is it that the West Kootenay mines are almost entirely in the blinds of Americans? Not that ive have tbo slightest protest to oiler against this arrangement, for our cousins from over tbe line arc undoubtedly our superiors iu the par- ticular ocoupntion of opening up now mining districts. Tlie Slocuu nud Lardeau would to-day be unknown quantities but for American push uud enterprise. Hut does it not occur to the B.C. authorities that the extraction of ore from Canadian soil and shipping it across the border to bc smelted, as well as the bringing iu of supplies from tbe other side lor Ibe mines ami miners here, will not bo of very much benefit to this province? If Vancouver, the Provincial Government nud tbo C.l'.R. bud not been so dilatory in "getting a move ou" a considerable portion of the West Kootenny trade which now Hows into j the States might have been turned towards the Terminal City. It is very unlikely the Americans would permit such a slate of things to exist | their side of the line five minutes. ,.S.] E. DEWDNEY. CANADA, PROVINCE OP BRITISB COLUMBIA, 7ICTOEIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of drear Britain and Ireland. QtjEKX, Defei di r of the Faith, ke.. kc, ko. To Our faithful the Members elected to servo in the Legislate \ - ldy of Our Province of I Columbia at Uur City of Vict ���Gni-i'TiNu. A PROCLAMAT Thkodobk Davie, /WHEREAS We Attorney-General, j are lee r is resolved, aa -'��!. ae maj Our people of Our I Columbia, and to have tbeir Our Legislature: N'nW KNOW i'E. th caueea an I consider tions, ai into considerati p. be renien f Onr i��� ... thought fit, by and ivi! advice of Our Executive Coi the Province o( British Coin berebv convoke, and by these enjoin vou, and .'ini, of you, I Thursday, the Twentj sixth the month nt January, one tin hundred and n.. el I' in Our ! . ,-i.' ol Om Our City of \ H Till DlnPATl H 01' ;;i [NESS, to treat, & . icl lucle npoi tin Be 'i np i which n On i. ��� ���( the Provini I B itish 0 by the I ommbn Conncil ol Our said Province may, by tbe favour if 11 rl, be ordained. In Testimo* i VViterrop, We havo caused these Our Letters to be made Paton! nud the Greal Senl of tbe : aid Pro' wee to In here unto affix"! i VVitni ��� Ihe Hon ournble Etxiaii Dwtrtitti - Lieu tennnl Governor of Om inid Pro Vl if British Colnmbii in Onr Cji.. ,i \ . tori*., ii I ui." snid Pro viiir,,, this S'ii 'nth d ij of Do comber, in ll year nf Dim Li i I Ono thousand ��� igbl liundrcd und ninety-two, and in tho fifty sixth ���year Of our reign, ��� By Coiiiiiilind, JAMES BAKER, 'Provincial Seoretary, CORRESPONDENCE. [addkessed to the editob, J The Editor oannot he responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents, Kevelstoke Quadrille Club. jilt,���Although the Quadrille Club mi 'ting last niglit muy be considered a successful ono numerically, there were several things which certainly marred its success as a pleasant gathering. Most, if not tbe whole, of the twenty ladies present were, at the very commencement, engaged for several dances ahead by tbe "rustlers" wbo are always "in it," leaving those gentlemen who arc not blesned with so much brass in their composition to "sit out" the first hour. Great complaint was mnde at the late fancy dress bull that the programmes wero entirely filled by tho Iirst comers, nnd those gentlemen ivbo camo late could uot get a dance. It wns Bomowbat similar lust night, and after meeting with the usual "I'm engaged" five or six times I was glad to put on my hut nnd go out for a smoke. There were, later ou, a few���very few���ladies w bo "sat out'' a dance here nnd there, but these Oi'inprised either novices in tbo terpsiohorean art or else the cretue de la oreme of Revelstolse's bluest blood���nnd one would ns soon think of nsking tbe regal Clci patra or the chaste Diana for a dunce us one of tbem. Our Adonises bnd managed to sociire lbe jollies! partners, as usual, right through to ibe end of Ibo programme, without giving a thought to those win) ure not Adonises, and who would have to take their leavings or���go home. Another thing which was adversely commented on lust night wns the fact of lie floor manager dancing every number on the programme, while there were so manj gentlemen unable to find a partner, 1 should be tbo last ouo to object to the floor manager participating in the even ing's p]i a-ure, but surely all the round dances should satisfy him. If be desired to take part in a quadrille there was a gentlen an | wbo could have relieved bim of the duty of calling off. In such a large ball, with lo people ou the ll or, it �� i- iiflicnll to understand bim from the far end of tbe room while be partnet i I often with . ��� th ��� m ������'. rity If the :: ir manager i i | lid fficial he ��� _.,-- bis .: ������'. And 1 ii . t . ������ -��� u I '.. il - un i thing may bi i Clu I >' il - i -��� d leal of ing I i ateitbi logising for takiiij truly, ' AMI l;i -I I.l-i:. i, . . ��� iki -; in .:' lb, 1893. NOTICE in heroby given, Hint application will be made lo the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia at its next session for nn Act to incorporate a Company for the purpose of constructing, equipping, maintaining und operating a line of railway from somo poiut on the Upper Arrow Lako at or near llie town of Nakusp to some point at or near the Forks of Cnrpou- ter Creek, in the District of West Kootenny, with power to construct, maintain, equip and operate branch lines, and also to construct nud operate telegraph nud telephone lines in connection with tbe said railway, together with tlio usuul powers to acquire lnnds, privileges, bonuses or aids from lhe Domiuion or Provincial Governments, and to mnko trallic and other arrangements with railway, steamboat and other companies, and for all other usual nud necessary powers, rights aud privileges. Dated this 14th day of December, A.I I, 181)2. McPHILLIPS, WOOTTON & BARNARD, Solicitors for the Applicauts, Eevelstoke Station Post Office. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, NOTICE Is hereby given, that application will be made to the Legislative As seiiibly of tbe Province of British Columbia, at ils next session, for nn Act to incorporate u Company with power to construct, equip, maintain and operate a Railway from u point nt or near tlie townsito of Cascade City, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, theuce northerly along the east shore of Christina Lake, thenee northeasterly to tlie right bunk of tho Columbia lliver; thenco along said bank to Trail Creek ; with power to build branch lines Lo a point on the proseut line of the Kootenav and Nelsou Railway at or near Bobson, and to any mine or mines adjacent to the line of Railway; in build wharves aud docks, erect, maintain and operate telegraph and telephone lines. Dated tbis 3rd day of January, 1893, CORBOULD, McOOLL, WILSON & CAMPBELL. Mil Wf\TAJ IIHP if*I #MPUif Hf(It Alt JJ ml HaSJ&g bhm i alJ&vti BOOTS & SHOES, GENTS' FURNISHINGS. FLOUR, OATS, SHORTS AND ALL KINDS OF FEED. Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets. Doors, Windows, Builders' Hardware, Paints, Oils, Varuisucs. HIKERS' AND SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. WALL PAPER, STATIONERY, Etc. CHRISTIE, BltOWN k OO.'S BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONER!. Bakery in connection with Store. fiessrs. u. d. Mine �� Revelstoke Station, Are now showing a lino assortment of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND *> NOTICE [.. hereby ; appl :.. of British Coin nl its . \ , i oi ipany for the pn 11 I ' I ��� i L ��� nml ,n nnntion with the n in i Govern oilier ni i. in,ib ,ai an,I other ''" for nil other i power* li.ii.'l this I I'n day nt Una A.D. i "��� M. i'llli.1,11''. hah; \ki��, ��� ' iii'JIUIH in1 I riiji ins Tahiti i ii ftui Ily i rilpatifl Tiilnilt ���- |nn if,' lho hi I, Kipana Tabulos euro dizzim Hi pons Tabulos i tor torpid liver. \V. J. LAW, Merchant Tailor, (Near O.P.R. Station) REVELSTOKE, B.C. A MillllV STOCK OP English Worsteds,Scotch and Iri.sh Tweeds and Serges .. THAT WILL CATCH VOU. <. iUAXTKKD, DOLLS AND TOYS IN GREAT VARIETY. ladies' Workbaskets. Toilet Requisites, etc., etc. IBaaaBWaBlaWBllaWBI PBBaBWI *i"' TV ****Hfrl,"illir'w'r mBtWBMBBMttmtBt " ."ifgaf' JMPM hivmi G. ll',!;l;VnK!!HV. GENEBAL BLACKSMITH REVEL8 TOKE, Wagon.; tl] kinds oi ��� iicJ , Re] lin d. Shoeing a Specialty. Pitfl i,. KlfHIT. Kootenav Lake SAW MILL Q. 0. BUCHANAN, PROP. Ll ,11.1, , , \ i' VT BAI FOUR V ' HI KA I 0 R. HOWSON, Has a large Stock of Household Furniture, Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds, &c. REVELSTOKE, B.C. JARBEE THE- Jeweler All orders by mail or express promptly attende-l to. \ REP-alHING k A CIA I.TV. AND cian {''"a' :,-..,, . XJW^W All descriptions of "t*��-' ���S'l' 'si' '<&������.���#* Sr 'l*S0>y,A*yjj^ gold mid sliver. I, * loci ��� i, 11.111 ���' I 1,. ; i In for Ibe i,,, l lliiildi m of 18112, Kipn I iliiil in n nd ��� In1, KijjiiiiH TabuloH: forgoni' stomach, 1. | ill T .' ' ll'O i llie, mmmumimaiiimmmimKmmMmMmumuiiwmmaammHammimmmmmmaammmmi T. L. HAIG, otary Publio - - REVELSTOKE, B. C. Miniii'.'. Tlmhcr in.'I |{.--nl l-lslntc Hrolcor nnd Onncrul ('onimiMHioti Affont. Couveynu - , '������������' "���. lli Is if -nl-, Mining Bonds, eta, drawn up. l'.i ti' : i ' \; ���" ' i'ii I i Hi it i Cli ims I gbl und sold ; Assess- ul Work ou .liui j* (.'lain attended to; Patents applied (or, eto,, etc., ,������'��������� ..,,.,;.! iki [jHAN-i i. \t:y.vr. Lots in Townsite ot Llevolstoke for Sale und Wanted, .Agents for Mining Maobinery, etc,